Match #19
ART U Urban Knights (6-12, 2-8 PWC) vs. Point Loma Sea Lions (11-8, 6-5 PWC)
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco – Kezar Pavilion
Live Stats & Live Video

Match #20
ART U Urban Knights (6-12, 2-8 PWC) vs. Concordia Irvine Eagles (11-9, 7-4 PWC)
Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.
San Francisco – Kezar Pavilion
Live Stats & Live Video

ART U TO HOST PLNU, CUI IN RETURN HOME
After four matches on the road, Academy of Art University volleyball at last returns for a three-part homestand beginning with Point Loma on Friday followed by Concordia Irvine on Saturday. The Urban Knights will play eight of their final 10 matches of the year inside Kezar Pavilion.

FIRST SERVE
ART U meets Point Loma on Friday, Oct. 23 for a 7:30 p.m. start then hosts Concordia Irvine on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. Both matches will take place inside Kezar Pavilion. The first 30 Urban Knight Nation members attending Friday's match will receive a free portable phone charger as well as a free Papa John's medium pizza coupon. The Urban Knights celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Saturday and all Urban Knight Nation members will be entered into a $50 BLICK gift card raffle.

Live coverage will be available via the links above. Remember to follow @ARTU_Knights on Twitter & Instagram and "Like" the Urban Knights on Facebook for score updates, videos, and recaps.

KNIGHT WATCH
Junior outside hitter Melissa Brum and freshman outside hitter Stine Raben continue to compose one of the top offensive duos in the PacWest Conference. Brum comes in averaging the 12th-most kills per set (3.32) and Raben is right behind her with the 13th-most kills per set (3.26) in the conference as the tandem account for over half of ART U's 14.54 points per set. Sophomore middle blocker Margaret Winkler remains one of three PacWest athletes to average over 1.00 block per set, ranking third overall (1.05 blk/set). Senior setter Rachael Smith comes in averaging 9.51 assists per set (eighth in PacWest) while junior libero Kabrina Speakman is ninth in digs per set (4.17).

POINT OF ATTACK
Since their 3-1 victory over ART U on Oct. 14, Point Loma swept both Dominican and Holy Names in San Diego to improve to 11-8 overall and move into seventh in the PacWest standings. PLNU continues to pace the PacWest in both total kills and total assists with Heather Leavitt's 4.57 kills/set atop the PacWest and Savannah Wedemeyer still leading in assists (11.01 ast/set). After their meeting with ART U earlier this year, Point Loma is now 5-0 against ART U.

FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDIA
One more win and one less than Point Loma in the PacWest standings, Concordia Irvine swept Holy Names after topping Academy of Art on Oct. 15, giving them now five consecutive victories entering the week. CUI is supported defensively by Taylor Dennison's 5.89 digs per set (first in the PacWest) and Kyra Auten's 0.93 blocks per set (sixth in conference). Rachel Flynn maintains her second-place among the PacWest's kills leaders at 4.20 spikes per set. She and PLNU's Leavitt are the only two hitters currently putting up more than 4.00 kills/set. The all-time matchup favors Concordia 1-0 after the teams' first meeting last week.

ACADEMY OF ART DROPS 3-1 MATCH TO DIXIE
Academy of Art University volleyball completed its three-part roadtrip inside Dixie State's Student Activities Center on Oct. 17. Facing a 2-0 deficit, ART U played an inspired third set, but ended up falling to DSU 3-1 (25-18, 25-11, 23-25, 25-22) in Pacific West Conference play.

LOOKING AHEAD
Remaining in Northern California for the rest of the 2015 regular season, Academy of Art faces Fresno Pacific inside Kezar Pavilion on Oct. 29 then makes a brief trip across the Bay Bridge for an Oct. 31 contest at Holy Names.